Andrea Tkacova

Biographic Data

ID4080547
NAMEAndrea Tkacova
GIVEN NAMESAndrea
FAMILY NAMETkacova
SIGNATURETKACOVA A
AFFILIATIONSTechnical University of Košice
ORCID0000-0002-6025-1261
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The impact of public debt on economic growth

    Open AccessPeter Tóth, Andrea Tkacova et al.ARTICLEJOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES2025Cited by: 2References: 36

    This paper investigates the relationship between public debt and economic growth in selected advanced economies and European Union member states over the period 2000–2022. Using a linear panel regression model, the study analyzes the impact of public debt on GDP growth, while accounting for additional macroeconomic factors such as inflation, unemployment, and gross fixed capital formation. The findings reveal a negative linear relationship betwee…

  • Analytical framework for industry-oriented leading cyclical indicators

    Marinko Škare, Beata Gavurova et al.ARTICLEActa Oeconomica2024

    This research developed an analytical framework for industry-oriented leading cyclical indicators (CII), focusing on monitoring and forecasting economic cycles within the European Union (EU). Various methodologies for constructing these indicators were examined through an exhaustive sector analysis. A salient conclusion drawn is the non-feasibility of a one-size-fits-all composite leading indicator for all EU members. It underscores the imperativ…

  • The impact of minimum wage increases on unemployment in the V4 countries

    Open AccessAndrea Tkacova, Beata Gavurova et al.ARTICLEJOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES2024References: 3

    The European Commission has recently implemented legislative measures to improve worker protection through an adequate minimum wage set by national laws or collective agreements. A recommended benchmark for minimum wage calculation is 60% of the gross median wage or 50% of the mean wage. However, the Kaitz index, a ratio indicator, shows lower values in most EU countries, raising concerns about potential negative impact on the labour market. This…

  • Welfare regimes of European countries and their development in the context of membership in the European Union

    Open AccessAndrea Tkacova, Beata Gavurova et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Sociology2024Cited by: 1References: 18

    Welfare regimes represent potential approaches to the implementation of redistributive policies worldwide. In European countries, several significant regimes have been identified, including the Conservative, Southern, Social Democratic, Liberal model, the Post-Communist European model, and the Model of the Former USSR. The present study focused on identifying the welfare regimes of EU members and candidate countries and examining whether shifts b…

  • Economic sentiment indicators and their prediction capabilities in business cycles of EU countries

    Open AccessAndrea Tkacova, Beata GavurovaARTICLEOeconomia Copernicana2023

    Research background: The post-World Financial Crisis period has showed us that an application of the qualitative data focused on the expectations of the enterprises and consumers in a combination with the quantitative data in the individual economy sectors is a good prerequisite for reliable prediction of the economic cycles. Purpose of the paper: The main goal of the presented study was to test the ESI prediction capabilities and its components …

  • Prediction of business cycle of Poland

    Open AccessAndrea Tkacova, Beata Gavurova et al.ARTICLEJOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES2022References: 4

    The paper is focused on the construction of a new composite indicator intended to predict the economic cycle of Poland and its comparison with the existing CLI used by international institutions such as OECD and Eurostat. In part, this research is also dedicated to monitoring the partial advance cyclical indicators that make up the CLI components and their changes over time. The paper explores 62 qualitative and quantitative economic indicators o…

  • Changes of Composite Leading Indicator Composition over Time

    Open AccessAndrea Tkacova, Veronika KišováARTICLEPolitická ekonomie2017References: 8

    Cyclical behavior of the economy can be monitored and predicted with the help of composite leading indicator (CLI) which is an aggregate index of several individual indicators and is statistical relevant for analyzing and forecasting of reference series. This article is focus on construction of CLI for Slovakia and its changes over time. For its construction is used combination of methodologies of OECD and Institute of Informatics and Statistics …

  • Composite Leading Indicators of Economic Cycles of V4 Countries and their Comparison to the CLI of the Eurostat and the OECD

    Open AccessEmília Jakubíková, Andrea Tkacova et al.ARTICLEPolitická ekonomie2014References: 12

    This article's objective is to suggest and create the composite leading indicators and their importance for monitoring in a short term prediction of economic cycles in the V4. We describe in detail the methodologies of OECD and Eurostat, which deal with the prediction of the economic cycles in the V4 countries through CLI. The relation of 475 selected economic indicators and reference series, which represent the economic cycle of the V4 countries…

  • Composite Leading Indicator of Czech Business Cycle

    Open AccessAndrea TkacovaARTICLEPolitická ekonomie2012Cited by: 1References: 8

    The main goal of this paper is to create composite leading indicator for Czech economy and its comparison with composite leading indicators created by OECD and Eurostat. The theoretical part of the paper consists of the methods that are employed for creation composite leading indicator in the world. We compare methods of OECD, Eurostat, Conference Board and the methods of Slovak and Czech authors. The empirical part of the paper is focused on ana…